¹Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple unto Jehovah, the God of Israel;

¹ Pan glywodd gelynion Jwda a Benjamin fod y rhai oedd wedi bod yn y gaethglud yn adeiladu teml i ARGLWYDD Dduw Israel,

²then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' [houses], and said unto them, Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as ye do; and we sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hither.

² daethant at Sorobabel a'r pennau-teuluoedd a dweud wrthynt: "Gadewch i ni adeiladu gyda chwi, oherwydd yr ydym ni yn addoli eich Duw fel chwithau, ac iddo ef yr ydym wedi aberthu er amser Esarhadon brenin Asyria, a ddaeth � ni yma."

³But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers' [houses] of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us in building a house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

³ Ond dywedodd Sorobabel a Jesua a gweddill pennau-teuluoedd Israel:"Ni chewch chwi ran yn y gwaith o adeiladu tu375? i'n Duw; ni yn unig sydd i adeiladu i ARGLWYDD Dduw Israel, fel y gorchmynnodd Cyrus brenin Persia i ni."

⁴Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,

⁴ Yna dechreuodd pobl y wlad ddigalonni pobl Jwda a pheri iddynt ofni adeiladu;

⁵and hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

⁵ a holl ddyddiau Cyrus brenin Persia hyd at deyrnasiad Dareius brenin Persia cyflogasant gynghorwyr llys yn eu herbyn i ddrysu eu bwriad.

⁶And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

⁶ Yn nechrau teyrnasiad Ahasferus gwnaethant gyhuddiad ysgrifenedig yn erbyn preswylwyr Jwda a Jerwsalem.

⁷And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian [character], and set forth in the Syrian [tongue].

⁷ Hefyd yn amser Artaxerxes ysgrifen-nodd Bislam, Mithredath, Tabeel a'r gweddill o'u cefnogwyr at Artaxerxes brenin Persia; yr oedd y llythyr wedi ei ysgrifennu mewn Aramaeg, a dyma'i gynnwys mewn Aramaeg.

⁸Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:

⁸ Rehum y rhaglaw a Simsai yr ysgrifennydd a ysgrifennodd y llythyr hwn at Artaxerxes y brenin ynglu375?n � Jerwsalem:

⁹then [wrote] Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites,

⁹ "Oddi wrth y rhaglaw Rehum a'r ysgrifennydd Simsai a'r gweddill o'u cefnogwyr, y barnwyr, y penaethiaid, y goruchwylwyr, y swyddogion; hefyd pobl Erech a Babilon, a'r Elamitiaid o Susa,

¹⁰and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over, and set in the city of Samaria, and in the rest [of the country] beyond the River, and so forth.

¹⁰ a phawb arall a alltudiodd Asnappar fawr ac enwog a'u gosod yn nhref Samaria ac yng ngweddill talaith Tu-hwnt-i'r-Ewffrates."

¹¹This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto Artaxerxes the king: Thy servants the men beyond the River, and so forth.

¹¹ Yn awr dyma gynnwys y llythyr a anfonasant ato: "I'r Brenin Artaxerxes oddi wrth dy ddeiliaid, pobl talaith Tu-hwnt-i'r-Ewffrates.

¹²Be it known unto the king, that the Jews that came up from thee are come to us unto Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls, and repaired the foundations.

¹² Bydded hysbys i'r brenin fod yr Iddewon a ddaeth atom oddi wrthyt wedi cyrraedd Jerwsalem; y maent yn ailgodi'r ddinas wrthryfelgar a drwg, yn cyfannu'r muriau ac yn atgyweirio'r sylfeini.

¹³Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and in the end it will be hurtful unto the kings.

¹³ Yn awr bydded hysbys i'r brenin, os ailadeiledir y ddinas hon a gorffen ei muriau, ni thalant na threth, na theyrnged, na tholl; a bydd hyn yn sicr o amharu ar les y brenin.

¹⁴Now because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not meet for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore have we sent and certified the king;

¹⁴ Felly, am ein bod ni yn cael ein cynnal gan lys y brenin, ac am nad yw'n weddus i ni fod yn dystion o'r amarch hwn tuag at y brenin, yr ydym yn anfon gair at y brenin,

¹⁵that search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time; for which cause was this city laid waste.

¹⁵ er mwyn iti chwilio yn llyfr cofnodion dy ragflaenwyr. Fe weli oddi wrth lyfr y cofnodion mai dinas wrthryfelgar fu hon, andwyol i frenhinoedd a thaleithiau, a bod gwrthryfel yn nodwedd arni ers amser maith. Dyna pam y dinistriwyd y ddinas.

¹⁶We certify the king that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, by this means thou shalt have no portion beyond the River.

¹⁶ Yr ydym yn hysbysu'r brenin, os adeiledir y ddinas hon a gorffen ei muriau, ni fydd gennyt diriogaeth yn nhalaith Tu-hwnt-i'r-Ewffrates."

¹⁷[Then] sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and in the rest [of the country] beyond the River: Peace, and so forth.

¹⁷ Dyma ateb y brenin: "At Rehum y rhaglaw a Simsai yr ysgrifennydd a'r gweddill o'u cefnogwyr sy'n byw yn Samaria ac ym mhob rhan o dalaith Tu-hwnt-i'r-Ewffrates, cyfarchion!

¹⁸The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.

¹⁸ Fe gyfieithwyd y llythyr a anfonasoch a'i ddarllen yn fy ngu373?ydd.

¹⁹And I decreed, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.

¹⁹ Ar fy ngorchymyn gwnaethpwyd ymchwiliad, a darganfod i'r ddinas hon wrthryfela yn erbyn brenhinoedd ers amser maith, a bod brad a gwrthryfel wedi codi ynddi.

²⁰There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all [the country] beyond the River; and tribute, custom, and toll, was paid unto them.

²⁰ Bu brenhinoedd cryfion yn teyrnasu dros Jerwsalem a thros holl dalaith Tu-hwnt-i'r-Ewffrates, a rhoddwyd iddynt dreth, teyrnged a tholl.

²¹Make ye now a decree to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until a decree shall be made by me.

²¹ Felly gorchmynnwch i'r dynion hyn beidio ag ailadeiladu'r ddinas nes cael caniat�d gennyf fi.

²²And take heed that ye be not slack herein: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

²² Gofalwch beidio � bod yn esgeulus yn hyn o beth, rhag i'r frenhiniaeth gael niwed pellach."

²³Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.

²³ Yna, pan ddarllenwyd copi o lythyr Artaxerxes i Rehum a Simsai yr ysgrifennydd a'u cefnogwyr, aethant ar frys at yr Iddewon yn Jerwsalem a thrwy nerth braich eu rhwystro rhag gweithio.

²⁴Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

²⁴ Felly yr ataliwyd y gwaith ar du375? Dduw yn Jerwsalem; a bu'n sefyll hyd ail flwyddyn teyrnasiad Dareius brenin Persia.